Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Grand Duchy. An Order of the Griffin, Commander’s Cross with Case, by Heinrich Rose certificate_of_authenticity they often used Osage Orange

they often used Osage Orange for it's resistance to decay

A grouping of two Crosses of Honour of the German Mother “Ehrenkreuz der Deutschen Mutter”

including a War Commemorative Medal of 1870/71 for Combatants

A 40 Year Faithful Service Cross

Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Grand Duchy. An Order of the Griffin, Commander’s Cross with Case, by Heinrich Rose certificate_of_authenticity they often used Osage Orange(Greifenorden Kreuz der Komture und Grokomtur mit Etui). Instituted 15 September 1884 by Grand Duke Friedrich Franz IV. (1884 1918 issue). Constructed of gilded silver with enamels, consisting of a Maltese Cross with red enameled arms demonstrating a rich hatching, the obverse overlaid by a central medallion bearing a raised Mecklenburg royal Griffin, situated within a circular ring, the twelve oclock arm topped by a pebbled fan perforated with a